Dallas County Reports 323 New Coronavirus Cases, 7 Deaths On Day 'Risk Level' Lowered
"Our numbers can rise very quickly when we let our guard down," said Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins.
"Our numbers can rise very quickly when we let our guard down," said Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins.
The new cases brought the total for the six-month outbreak to at least 617,333, with an estimated 89,791 cases now active.
"Today we are reporting our highest number of new COVID-19 cases that we've seen in some time," said Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins.
Like Dallas County and other counties across the state, Collin County reported a major spike in COVID-19 cases last week due to a backlog at the state level.
Health authorities are still wrestling through a backlog of more than 5,000 COVID-19 cases that were reported last weekend in Dallas County.
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There are currently 820 total cases of COVID-19 in Ellis County, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.
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Texas surpassed 2,000 hospitalized coronavirus patients for the first time Tuesday, but Republican Governor Greg Abbott said "everything remains largely contained".
As businesses and beaches continue to reopen across Texas during the coronavirus pandemic, health officials said Sunday there were 839 new cases of the virus in the state.
As the number of cases increased in Dallas and Tarrant County, health officials with the state on Sunday reported more than 1,000 new cases of coronavirus and 39 additional deaths.
DSHS also notified the Ellis County Local Health Authority of nine additional confirmed positive cases of COVID-19, and ten recoveries.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the Broadmoor residents, their families, staff, and all others impacted by this virus," said County Judge David Sweet.
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More than 14,600 Texans have tested positive for COVID-19 and 318 people who had it have died, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.
The Texas Department of State Health Services says about 1,300 people with the disease are currently hospitalized and more than 2,000 have recovered.
Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday suggested Texans stay home to stop the spread of COVID-19, but he did not announce a statewide order to shelter at home.
The Texas Department of State Health Services said Saturday 304 people have tested positive for the virus, up from about 200 on Friday.
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The Biden-Harris campaign on Friday said the president is not leaving the race.
The virtual ballot will show Biden "as the presumptive and only qualified nominee," but there's an option for delegates to mark their own preference, as there was in 2020.
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The Biden-Harris campaign on Friday said the president is not leaving the race.
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A massive downtown four-alarm fire at historic First Baptist Dallas has been "knocked down and contained," fire officials said late Friday.
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